This show reminds me that the existing ontology is insufficient, and we need a new word for our activity. I suggest that we combine the terms "puzzle hunt" and "treasure hunt" to form "pleasure hunt". *googles [pleasure hunt]* Wow, on second thought, apparently that phrase already means something Completely Different. Never mind.

On 2-Tone Game as "puzzle trail": Yeah. I am not an expert, but after looking at some self-described "puzzle trails", I think that phrase is ARG jARGon for a set of puzzles that, uhm, just sits there with no live Game Control people tending it. But they're (at least the ones I found) online. So the 2-Tone Game would be a Puzzle Trail, but you'd feel obliged to tack on to the description: "...but some of the puzzles are physically in San Francisco. Weird."

I enjoyed this episode of the podcast a lot. It got into some interesting topics and DeeAnn is pretty funny when she's sleep deprived.

My main requirement for a general term is that it be searchable- presumably that's something newbies will do, and it's important that they find things that are relevant. If you search for "the game" you find all sorts of things that don't really have anything to do with this hobby- "puzzle hunt" (with or without space) is much more useful. Though apparently Britney Spears' hunt is on the first page of Google results for the latter.

(I also had some things to say about genealogy and stuff, but it seems to be ballooning into its own blog post)